‘My village pond' by Rifat
A typical pond in rural Bangladesh with lush greenary surroundings. The floating algae denotes that the pond is less frequently used.
Images from Bangladesh: Village pond
Posted 19 October 2005 12:32 GMT
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Very nice!!
The peaceful nature of a pond
like Thoreau knew at Walden
like i know you know from your sharing photo
like i know from many moments spent near ponds as well
optomistic living and hope
sharing is knowing
advancing understanding
you and i
unity
your village
my village
one village
one world
Thank you . . gpark
Beautiful poem George.
unity
your village
my village
one village
one world
That should be our motto in life. Thanks for sharing. Have a good day!
I am Habib. I am very pleased to see that picture. Because our rural picture normally very rare in web site but this site is a great opportunity to submit the village picture. So thanks for everybody to check up and submit picture.”HABIB”